| HMH
International Education Consultants
Pte Ltd, Singapore is the
brain child of an Indian resident
of Singapore. He has been
engaged in trade over decades
and has made his fortune in
trade. Over the years he has
seen ethnic Indians residing
in Singapore, Malaysia and
Thailand and other neighbouring
countries trying to acquire
higher educational qualification
at a huge cost to better their
status in their professions
and in society. And he has
found also that campus centred
face to face instruction is
being progressively priced
and out of reach of all common
middle class aspirants in
the countries of Southeast
Asia. The attempts by educational
institutions in that region
to provide an effective substitute
in the form of distance education
programmes of the US, UK,
Australian and Canadian Universities
have also been beyond the
reach of those who aspire
for higher education as they
are obliged to spend at least
one semester on the respective
campuses of the Universities
to qualify for their degrees
and diplomas .
The
large-hearted Non Resident
Indian trader of Singapore
felt that something must
be done to make things easier
for those who thirst for
knowledge and are eager
to better their prospects
through education. He is
a South Indian and his home
is not far from the Temple
of Knowledge founded by
Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar
of Chettinad. He decided
that it was best that he
took on himself the spread
of the distance education
programmes of Annamalai
University, not only to
these parts of Asia but
all over the globe.
The
Pro-chancellor, Vice -Chancellor
and the other authorities
have been satisfied with
the caliber of professionals
in the service of the HMH
International Education
Consultants Pts Ltd, Singapore
and the infrastructure they
have in place to deliver
distance education programmes
at the university level.
They
are also impressed by the
earnestness of the founder
of the HMH International
Education Consultants Pte
Ltd, Singapore and the means
he has at his disposal for
the stupendous task of delivering
the distance education programmes
of the Annamalai University.
Hence
it is, that the request
of the founder of the HMH
International Education
Consultants Pte Ltd, Singapore
found ready welcome at Annamalainagar
and from the academic year
2000 - 2001 HMH International
Education Consultants Pte
Ltd, Singapore will be the
sole coordinator of all
the distance education programmes
of Annamalai University
in all countries of the
Old and the New World other
than India.
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